Intro: E B 
 
Verse 1:
      E
If I gave you more of me
            E
Would you give me more of you?
            B
Or will I be someone you knew?
              B
Know you're used to being used
                     E
I guess this is suicidal, why you so suicidal?
               B
And is it my fault when you cry, though?
           B
Is it my fault that you hide, though?
 
Pre-chorus:
                             E
'Cause I know you need the drugs to see the light, to feel the life inside your vein
                      B
Know you need the drugs to feel alive, to reassure yourself you're sane
 
Chorus:
       E
So I know
              B
And baby, I know, yeah
          B                                      E
That it hurts to breathe, it hurts to breathe it in
           B
And baby, I know, yeah
                             B                   E
When it hurts to breathe, I hope you breathe it in
 
Verse 2:
   E
I know you're trying your best to stay
               B
afloat, yeah, yeah
                 B
I can tell it's harder for you than me, I
             E
know, yeah, yeah
                                          B
And I don't wanna seem so insensitive to you
                    B
So I just need to find my way to tell myself
 
Pre-chorus:
  E
I know you need the drugs to find the meaning in the pain
                     B                       B
Know you need the drugs to feel alive to reassure yourself you're sane
 
Chorus:
       E
So I know
                B
And baby, I know, yeah
                                                 E
That it hurts to breathe, it hurts to breathe it in
 E           B
And baby, I know, yeah
         B                                      E
When it hurts to breathe, I hope you breathe it in
 
Bridge:
  E                  B
Is it you you're fightin'?
   B                E
And is the pain subsidin'?
                 E
You staring at yourself in the mirror, self
           B
in the mirror
              B
Seeing that things don't change
 
Chorus:
      E
So I know, I know, and I know
               B
And, baby, I know, yeah, I know
         B
That it hurts to breathe, it hurts to
            E
breathe it in, and I know
            B
And baby, I know, yeah, I know
 
When it hurts to breathe, I hope you breathe it in
 
Outro:
E
Oh
B
Oh, oh
E
Oh, oh, yeah
B
Hmm, hmm
E
Hmm, hmm
 B
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